Švenčionys

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Švenčionys is a small historic town in eastern Lithuania known for its multicultural past and former Jewish community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
coordinateLocation 55.1333°N 26.1667°E
country Lithuania
countryCallingCode +370
hasCulturalSite Catholic church in Švenčionys
Jewish cemetery in Švenčionys
war memorials in Švenčionys
hasHeritage former Jewish community
multicultural past
hasLocalGovernment Švenčionys town eldership
linked to: Švenčionys
hasMunicipalStatus town rights
hasReligiousCommunity Orthodox Christian community
Roman Catholic community
former Jewish community
historicalEvent Holocaust in Švenčionys region
World War II occupation
historicallyInhabitedBy Belarusians
Jews
Lithuanians
Poles
Russians
historicalRegion Vilnius Region
isMunicipalSeatOf Švenčionys District Municipality
locatedIn eastern Lithuania
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Vilnius County
Švenčionys District Municipality
locatedInFormerAdministrativeEntity Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Second Polish Republic
Vilna Governorate
locatedNear Belarus border
Švenčionėliai
linked to: Švenčionys
officialLanguage Lithuanian
partOf Aukštaitija
postalCode LT-18001 (representative format)
roadConnection regional roads of eastern Lithuania
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time

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Mordecai Kaplan placeOfBirth Švenčionys
Zułów locatedIn Švenčionys District Municipality
linked to: Švenčionys
Švenčionys locatedNear Švenčionėliai
linked to: Švenčionys
Švenčionys hasLocalGovernment Švenčionys town eldership
linked to: Švenčionys
Zalavas nearbyCity Švenčionys
Święciany alternativeName Švenčionys
Zułowo partOf Švenčionys eldership
linked to: Švenčionys
Zułowo locatedNear Švenčionys